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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13h

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

A display of copies of Let This Radicalize You on a table in front of a sign that reads: "Let This Radicalize You offers stories, strategy and heart for the kind of collective care and resistance we're building together today. It helps us move from reacting to organizing. Showing how ordinary people protect each other, build power, and keep hope alive. Take a copy. Read it. Stay connected."

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Ellie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · 1d

Most recent indie reads! Highly recommend!

Baker Thief @clh2oars.bsky.social
Taken @katkinneywrites.bsky.social
Artifice & Access @ellatholmes.bsky.social
Dirt You Shall Become @karenlykkebo.com
Moonshadow's Guardian @diannalgunn.bsky.social
The Wisdom of Cerridwen @tristahendren.bsky.social

Collage of six indie book covers from top left to bottom right...
Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
Taken by Kat Kinney
Access and Artifice organized by Ella T. Holmes
Dirt You Shall Become by Karen Lykkebo
Moonshadow's Guardian by Dianna Gunn
The Wisdom of Cerridwen by Girl God Books

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 13h

Ooh wow!! thank you so much for including Artifice & Access 💖

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 2d

Please send in some messages to be included as artwork in this anthology! ✨

🚨If we can raise an extra $400, there'll be enough funds for more art which will go into the presentation of each story! gofund.me/797ce01c

#books #booksky #disability #anthology #submissionscall

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think I've introduced you all to Commander Onion, but he's a little freak and I adore him

A picture of a ginger kitten with wide eyes looking playfully into the camera. he is sitting in the basket part of a cat tree, and his arms are around the scratching post part.

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 3d

Buy and read Artifice & Access if you want to see cool disabled characters do cool things in cool fantasy settings
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Artifice & Access: a disability in fantasy anthology

a disability in fantasy anthology

tinyurl.com

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry I accidentally took a system of oppression seriously when it was meant to be a teehee haha jokey bit of escapism 😤 my bad!

#books #booksky #bookish

a comic style meme in four squares.
Top left: a hand rising out of blue ocean waves, with white text labelling it "This story hates disabled people".
Top right: a second hand enters from the left, labeled with white text that reads "escapist readers".
Bottom left shows the Escapist Reader hand high-fiving the drowning hand, with white text that reads "you should just read to have fun".
The bottom right image shows the original drowning hand falling below the waves.

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 4d

hmmm. the wizard has begun polishing his evil orb. which could mean nothing

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 5d

I thought you might love this book! I really enjoyed it

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 6d

Send in a message and help me make some art! ✨

ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 8d

I want your empowering/supportive/disability justice messages, poems, and sentiments for the Disability in Dystopia Anthology!

I'm going to make them into art for the collection.

Submit a picture or typed message to [email protected] 💌 from now until November 1st!
#books #disability

This image contains text on a two-toned green background. Header text in white reads "Handwritten message submissions wanted". Below that, a ripped piece of paper has brown handwriting that reads "We will survive. Together!".
In the bottom left there is a slightly askew neon green mail sticker with the image of a green gas cloud and a skull. To the right of that is light pink text that reads "Write an empowering and supportive disability justice message, poem, or sentiment. Take a picture & submit to dis-anthology@outlook.com It will be included in a collage inside the upcoming anthology!"
At the very bottom, centred, in bright green text, is the message "if you cannot hand write it.I can do that for you! Simply submit it as a typed message."

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 6d

→ Many disabled and chronically ill writers seem to value action differently; Where other authors/stories might break out into a bombastic, physically demanding scene to create drama and high staked, many of the submissions chose to play with other narratives

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 6d

→ Anti-capitalism is a popular politic
→ There was a common thread of recognising that everyone has inherent worth, regardless of ability
→ Many stories had absolutely phenomenal descriptions of physical sensations and experiences, as well as sensory details

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 6d

→ Most stories featured collective care and interdependence in different ways
→ Narratives of unbelonging & trying to find belonging seem to be very popular and much-needed
→ A lot of stories were intersectional

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 6d

🧵A thread on observations I made while reading dystopian story submissions by disabled & chronically ill writers:

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Mon @nomonbooks.bsky.social · 9d

The forever workshop emailed this morning with a line about writing stories that will make people say “damn, you wrote that? Also, you ok?”. This is the consistent response I get to most things 😂 Especially this one: www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-... #litmag

Friday Feature: Mon Misir

Mon Misir (she/they) is a queer Black British writer and recovering lawyer based in London, UK. They use their writing to explore facets of their experience as a black woman, with a speculative bent. ...

www.torchliteraryarts.org

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 8d

I want your empowering/supportive/disability justice messages, poems, and sentiments for the Disability in Dystopia Anthology!

I'm going to make them into art for the collection.

Submit a picture or typed message to [email protected] 💌 from now until November 1st!
#books #disability

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

Disabled people fight for the right to wear masks during an ongoing pandemic and got told to “just stay home”

We get coughed on, laughed at and threatened

Those mask bans passed

But when California tries to prevent ICE from hiding their faces?

It’s “unconstitutional”.

The cruelty is the point

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 7d

DHS posted their response on X: “To be clear: We will NOT comply with Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional mask ban." LAPD has kept quiet, following several L.A. TACO requests for comment.

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

The full story: lataco.com/masked-law-e...

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 7d

yay, thank you so much!! 💖

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 8d

I want your empowering/supportive/disability justice messages, poems, and sentiments for the Disability in Dystopia Anthology!

I'm going to make them into art for the collection.

Submit a picture or typed message to [email protected] 💌 from now until November 1st!
#books #disability

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 8d

We are almost at 50 written reviews for Artifice & Access! 😍

If you're a #reader of fantasy #books 👀 you may have a good time with this one!

And if you've already read it, writing a short review will help me continue uplifting disabled & chronically ill writers 😁💖

An image of shrek running, facing toward the bottom right corner, with a bright green wavy pathway beneath him. Above him is the green text "we're on the way to...".
The path stops in the lower right corner where a wooden sign reads "50 written reviews".
in the bottom left is magazine cutout letters that read "help" above small green text that says "graphic design is my passion".
on the right side of the image is a screen shot of the 4.64 rating and orange stars from Goodreads.
Two images of the blue book cover for ARTIFICE & ACCESS sit on the left and right of the image.

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11d

thank you, graphic design is my passion 🤣

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11d

Paddington 3 should be about abolition and critiquing the carceral system

a man in a chef 's hat is surrounded by a group of prisoners

Alt: a man in a chef's hat is surrounded by a group of prisoners wearing pink striped uniforms. The person in the front is a bear.

media.tenor.com

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11d

this is so cute. I love them 🤩

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11d

just spoke to paul rudd* (yep) and he said you should buy this book.

*the paul rudd i spoke to may or may not be the famous one

ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 15d

if you like #reading you may, like this totally real picture of Paul Rudd, enjoy ARTIFICE & ACCESS 😁

14 short stories by authors from around the world, exploring disability in fantasy. It really is that cool!! 😭

#books #booksky

An image of paul rudd wearing black framed glasses , wiping his eyes as he cries. he is wearing a gray t shirt, and is holding a book. The cover for Artifice & Access has been hastily pasted on top of the book cover in the original photo.
Black text to the left of paul rudd reads "it's just so good!" and "really and honestly brings a tear to his eye".

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11d

sending passes on story submissions is hell to me. what do you mean i am not a millionaire who can buy and publish all of them!?

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